School Advisory Council
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Educational Excellence School Advisory Council |
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7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School
Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for: 02/21/2019 03:00 PM
Please contact the school for a formatted hard copy of these minutes.
Recording Secretary: Mr. Frank Torres
Location of meeting: North Miami Beach Senior High School Room 710
Was a quorum established? Yes
Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 02/11/2019
Attendance:
Members Present:
Milliken, Randy (Principal)
Davis, James (Union Steward)
Boeva, Vania (Teacher)
Gant, Alicia (Teacher)
Longley-Proctor, Aldene (Teacher)
Martin, Veronica (Teacher)
Torres, Frank (Alternate Teacher/Paraprofessional)
Moss, Eric (Parent)
Dempsey, Phillip (Student)
Francois, Hudalth (Student)
Lafleche, Renaldine (Student)
Moore, Shkyla (Student)
Rivers, Erick (Student)
Currie-Williams, Michelle (Business/Community Representative)
Members Absent (Excused):
Simon-Gant, Amanda (Teacher)
Rivers, Chery (Parent)
Evans, Gia (Alternate Parent)
Huff, Ashley (Alternate Student)
Pickeny, Janna (Alternate Student)
Members Absent (Unexcused):
Ridore, Billy C (Alternate Principal)
Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support Employee)
Serrano, Peter (Alternate Educational Support)
Aukbarille, Mohamad (Student)
Politess, Tatiana (Student)
Thezan, Dayjeah (Student)Others Present:
Louis, Anne (student)
Antenor, Sabriana (student)Topics Covered:
Quorum was established at 3:09 pm. Madam chair started with the new business on the agenda and members reviewed the minutes from January. Madam chair instructed everyone to review the minutes and make any comments or state corrections needed. Mr. Moss objected to the spelling of the word Quorum in the minutes and for the correction of several misspellings. Mrs. Longley Proctor objected that her name be placed under the excused section of the minutes due to being in the hospital at the time of the last meeting. Dr. Davis made a motion to accept the January minutes with the said corrections and updates. Mr. Moss second that motion, and all were in favor.
Next the EESAC budget was discussed and the funds that dropped for the budget was outlines during a budget meeting with Mr. Milliken and Dr. Volcy (the administration). Since the EESAC agreed to not announce to the amount of money available until after the budget meeting. The said agenda displays what has been approved thus far. Madam chair shared that the available funds for the EESAC committee is $4,530.05. Madam chair on the following business day would send out an email to staff making them aware that proposals will be accepted for the March meeting. Ms. Martin mention that she received one proposal and asked if she could forward as the first request, madame chair explained that the proposal was approved at the precious meeting, but Ms. Martin wasn’t present during the funding proposal portion of the meeting. Madame chair asked if Ms. Martin received the Testing department proposal for march? Ms. Martin stated no, and madame chair stated she would be forwarding this amount. Dr. Davis asked is Madame chair had the exact amount that was dropped in the beginning of the year. Madame chair stated she didn’t have the exact amount on her now, but Dr. Davis could come by her classroom to get the exact amount the following business day. Madame chair explained that the outline of the financial portion of the agenda shows all money approved but some of the money approved haven’t all been spent by the treasurer to date. For instance, the yearbook amount of $543, student services hadn’t been paid and the Band $2000 amount hadn’t all been paid out yet. Dr. Davis wanted to see the exact amount because he seemed confused in regard to the EESAC budget having a $0 balance and felt as though the money that was added should have been separate. Madame chair explained that there was never a $0 balance, the chair was keeping a tally of money that was available to be approved and was subtracting amounts down to the $0; but there was still amount in the account. Dr. Davis asked what was added to the new balance, Mr. Milliken jumped in and explained that we are zero out but what Dr. Davis is asking for is how much more money has dropped that can be spent. Madame chair explained approximately $7,000 was dropped but for a more accurate amount Dr. Davis is welcomed to come by her classroom to retrieve the correct amount, and madame chair also explained that at the January meeting the board approved a proposal for $2500. The amount that was dropped in the EESAC account minus proposals that hadn’t been paid out totaled the balance mentioned above.
Next Madame chair moved to the SSRI/Block scheduled review and Mr. Milliken explained that the staff voted on two different issues, Block scheduling and SSRI which is the Secondary School Reform. Block schedule is looked upon as an 8th period day but it can be done during a 6th period day. So staff voted on first if they wanted a block schedule day with 8th periods Mr. Milliken discussed the waiver process and the differences between 6th period and 8th period day. The results for Block schedule was 94.3% for 5.7 % against but the UTD steward signature and the results for the SSRI voting that took place on the same day but through a separate election was 94.3% for and 5.7% against passing with an overwhelming majority. Dr. Davis mentioned that the vote had to pass by 66% to take into effect. Mr. Milliken mentioned that the SSRI needed to be signed by the EESAC chair and UTD steward.
Next Mr. Milliken spoke on the Instructional review and he gave an overview of this review. The feedback was overall positive. Dr. Davis didn’t walk as the steward, so Ms. Gant filled in his place representing UTD. The feedback from the review was that students were on task and engaged and doing what they were supposed to do. Teachers was planning and there was evidence of teacher planning and the coaches footprint in the building. There was evidence of DI and data being used for grouping and major improvements. Ms. Diggs our ETO region superintendent made a comment that she saw improvement from our original impact review. The areas of growth were more evidence of student work, and different ways of teachers to give feedback.
Next madame chair moved to the Reports section of the meeting, and the students Renaldine Lafleche began by telling the board about the amazing faculty lip sync battle that took place this same day. She discussed cap and gown pictures took place. Erick Rivers (student) discussed the yearbook pictures being on sale for $80 and can be brought in Ms. Gant room. Mr. Rivers had a question about the new attendance implementation at the school. Mr. Rivers heard on the announcement that students would have to appeal their attendance before a board to participate in extracurricular activities or save a credit. He stated that this wasn’t fair to be implementing this mid year and that this wasn’t told to students. Dr. Davis notified students that this wasn’t a new policy and is a school board policy. He referenced a teacher missing days and being penalized and so students should be penalized if they miss a certain amount of days. Mr. Milliken followed up with breaking down how the policy works and is applied to block scheduling schools he explained that this has always been a school board rule and if you have been absent more than 10 times your grade can be withheld. Students need to be in school and the school is responsible for the students academic standing but also their well-being. Phillipe Dempsey asked was this policy a yearly or semester issue. Dr. Davis pointed out that administration has been implementing this policy year-round starting with lunch detentions and calling parents for tardiness, etc. Mr. Milliken explained there is an attendance review committee and there is Attendance Wednesdays that the faculty and staff address the attendance issues, through home visits, counselors calling home, and title 1 CSI personnel. Erick Rivers asked what was the criteria for being placed on the attendance list and Mr. Milliken explained the students that miss more than 5 class periods and this policy started at the beginning of the school year. Dr. Currie asked what happens to students who fall in this situation and credit is withheld, Mr. Millken explained that the students would need to appeal the decision. Ms. Boeva commented that she sees what Mr. Ridore is implementing and thinks its great that they will be monitoring their attendance, she also explained how when students go to college the professor give quizzes and take attendance in the first 10 minutes of class and students who are absent will miss out on that assignment.
Nothing was reported on behalf of the parents and PTSA section of the agenda.
Madame chair gave Dr. Currie the floor to report on the Community partners section of the agenda. Dr. Currie began with discussing the Black History Activities, and on February 22 they will have a guest speaker for the Career Event. She stated that any student that is eligible or planning to attend Miami Dade college please encourage them to bring their FASFA, and if they have a 3.0 or higher and have the min scores for testing they are eligible for the American Dream Scholarship that MD College offers. As for Upward bound we meet with students and conduct workshops. We will be meeting students during spring break March 26 Coding and March 29 Graph Design course. She is working with Teacher Adam Bernstein working with to talk about a summer internship program.
Madam Chair moved to Faculty & Staff section of the agenda, Mrs. Longley proctors talked about the SAT testing the 11th graders took and felt confident that they did a good job. Ms. Gant explained that this is CTE Month and discussed the different activities that the NMB CTE department has done to celebrate our month. There has been CTE Student of the Week recognized on the announcements, and there will be a CTE Pop Corn Social where students will get their Industry certification certificates and enjoy some delicious popcorn. There will also be a CTE fun facts table on the last Wednesday of the month which will showcase all the CTE programs and the fun activities students can get involved with. Ms. Gant discussed how with certain certifications students automatically qualify for a Merit Diploma, 8 college credits from Miami- Dade College and ICE cords from NMB. Mr. Moss a parent asked if these certifications were from an accredited course from Adobe for Photoshop or Cysco, is an academic accreditation? Ms. Gant explained its on the same level of when you go to a restaurant and that restaurant is supposed to have the Serf-Safe accreditation. And explained that these are accredited certification. Mr. Moss wanted to know if it’s the entire curriculum for the course or a component of the course. Ms. Gant explained yes.
Madam Chair moved to Administration section of the agenda. Mr. Milliken discussed literacy week and it was a fantastic turn out. Mrs. Longley Proctor discussed the door decoration activity and the different activities that took place during that week. There was a huge involvement from students during literacy week. Mr. Milliken then discussed Black History month celebration and how the staff dressed in their African attire also he mentioned the lip sync battle. There has been datacom with teachers from different departments and teachers come in and discuss and share their data and this is an informative piece for everyone. Mr. Milliken talked about the datacom he will be having the next day with the superintendent. He discussed teacher feedback after the Impact Review. Saturday school and after school tutoring will begin next month. There will be 3 Saturdays and several after school sessions. Biology, math, and AP students will benefit from these academic enrichment activities.
Madame Chair moved to the UTD section of the agenda, and Dr. Davis discussed the district wide UTD Executive board elections that took place the day before. The results were in and the Frontline caucus took the win being lead by Karla Matz, Antonio White and Mindy grimes. He mentioned that Ms. Gant was on the ballot.
Phillipe Dempsey mentioned that Drama would be having a Black History show which will possibly include a special guest host from the lip sync battle and there will be several shows in the same day.
The EESAC Board then discussed possible dates for the next meeting and Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 3:00 pm was selected and voted upon by all members. The meeting was adjourned at 3:58 pm.